I want to set fmtflag

[mohamed azaz]

hi
I want to set a format flag what is the right code
example
format flag as (right)or(left)
thank you
bye

[Jeff Schwab]

mohamed azaz wrote:

I want to set a format flag what is the right code
example
format flag as (right)or(left)

It is not clear what you need. Could you please post some sample code,
or some pseudo-code showing what you need? A small example, with
comments instead of code for the part you're not sure about, would be a
big help.

[mohamed azaz]

cout.setf(ios::left); // left justify output text
cout >"This text is left-justified";
cout.unsetf(ios::left); // return to default (right justified)

this code doesn't work

[Jeff Schwab]

mohamed azaz wrote:

cout.setf(ios::left); // left justify output text
cout >"This text is left-justified";

cout << "This text is left-justified";

cout.unsetf(ios::left); // return to default (right justified)

this code doesn't work

The problem has nothing to do with the flags. You have used the
extraction operator (>>) when you needed the insertion operator (<<).
The arrows indicate the direction of information flow: During
extraction, a value is moved from the stream to the variable (stream >>
variable). During insertion, a value is moved from the variable to the
stream (stream << variable).